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An adult castrated male of cattle (B. taurus), especially when used as a beast of burden.
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An adult castrated male of cattle (B. taurus), especially when used as a beast of burden.
a yoke of oxen
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Any bovine animal (genus Bos).
Here the same four kinds are mentioned ... These are sheep, goats, camels and oxen.
Etimologia
From Middle English oxe, from Old English oxa, from Proto-West Germanic *ohsō, from Proto-Germanic *uhsô (compare West Frisian okse, Dutch os, German Ochse), from Proto-Indo-European *uksḗn. Cognate with Welsh ych (“ox”), Tocharian A ops, Tocharian B okso (“draft-ox”), Avestan 𐬎𐬑𐬱𐬀𐬥 (uxšan, “bull”), Sanskrit उ॒क्षन् (ukṣán).
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Variante di oxygenAbbreviation of oxygen.
I'm super excited to be on the summit of K2! No Ox! (coughs) It was hard.
Etimologia
Clipping of oxygen.
Forme
- plurale
- oxen, oxes
ox · An adult castrated male of cattle (B. taurus), especially when used as a beast of burden.
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